launch vehicles

A new privately developed family is Falcon, which consists of three launch vehicles—
Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy—built by the U.S. corporation SpaceX with funding from South African-born American entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Falcon 1 can place a 1,010-kg (2,227-pound) payload into orbit at a lower cost than other launch vehicles can; partly because
Falcon 1 uses a recoverable...

SpaceX

SpaceX was formed by entrepreneur Elon Musk in the hopes of revolutionizing the aerospace industry and making affordable spaceflight a reality. The company entered the arena with the
Falcon 1 rocket, a two-stage liquid-fueled craft designed to send small satellites into orbit. The
Falcon 1 was vastly cheaper to build and operate than its competitors, a field largely populated by spacecraft...